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- 2009: Indianapolis 500 - on Sunday; the greatest spectacle in auto racing
- Day for the Naming of Rocks and Planets (Fairy)
- Empire Day
- The Mothers (Celtic Prosperity Festival)
- National Escargot Day
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Christian holidays
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anniversaries
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- the first lighted baseball game - Cincinnati Reds vs. Philadelphia Phillies (1935)
- the anti-saloon league is founded (1893)
- the Brooklyn Bridge opens (1883)
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directories
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May holidays & events by location
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- Slavic Script and Culture Day (a/k/a Enlightenment Day) - in Bulgaria
- La Fete des Saintes Maries (Festival of the Holy Maries) - Gypsy festival in France; Gypsies celebrate the Holy
Maries (Salome and Jacobea) and Sarah, a black servant girl who is the patroness of gypsies; Salome and Jacobea are reported to be among the first witnesses to the empty tomb at the resurrection of
Jesus Christ; after 3 days of song and dance, the statue of Sarah is paraded around town accompanied by Camargue Gardians on horseback
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- Education Day - in Bermuda
- Bermuda Day
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- Commonwealth Day - in Belize
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- Independence Battle Day - in Ecuador
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- Day 144, with 221 days remaining in the year
- 2001 A. D.: Thursday
- 2002 A. D.: Friday
- 2003 A. D.: Saturday
- 2004 A. D.: Monday
- 2005 A. D.: Tuesday
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- 2006 A. D.: Wednesday
- 2007 A. D.: Thursday
- 2008 A. D.: Saturday
- 2009 A. D.: Sunday
- 2010 A. D.: Monday
- 2011 A. D.: Tuesday
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other calendars
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season
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zodiac
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